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Parenting is a big job. As my email signature has said,
”While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about." ~Anonymous
This section of my web page is full of resources for parents. Many other sections are also helpful to parents. See the list of Informational Topics above. The "Ages and Stages" category has references for typical development (i.e. Is it typical for my 8 year old to...). The other categories are pretty self explanatory. Our Early Intervention website also has great community resources for parents! Our Early Intervention speech clinician, Holly Parr, created this resource on limiting your child's screen time. Great information for things you can do instead of screens.
At the bottom of this section, I've placed links to newsletter information that our elementary mental health staff has shared in the 2019-2020 school year. Scroll down for that.
I occasionally present to parents and have tried to compile most of that information onto this web page. If you scroll to the bottom of the page, you'll see a handout of my favorite parenting words. You'll also see the handout for a parent presentation that the social workers present each fall to the Parents of Primary group (the "PTO" for Albertville Primary). This presentation includes our social worker "Top Ten Tips for Teaming with Teachers."
Here's a video I did during distance learning on Whole Body Listening Larry at Home - good ideas for practicing positive listening with your child. Scroll down for a poster from the information in that book. To see more of my video lessons, click on my Videos for Families section.
For families who are homeless, Great River Family Promise is a helpful resources. Here's the link: http://greatriverfamilypromise.org/ I also have a financial assistance handout in my resources below. Please let me know if you'd like a paper copy of this.
Below are web sites, books I recommend, and some attachments I've used at previous parent presentations. I'll continue adding resources; please let me know if you have things to recommend.
Websites:
Wright County Social Services provides a starting point to get connected with local community resources and human services at this link: http://www.co.wright.mn.us/312/Child-Services
Resource, Training, and Solutions, based in St. Cloud, MN, provides classes designed for parents and resources from their media center that can be mailed directly to your home for a minimal cost.
http://rtsmn.us/hjOW parenting resource videos
Move Mindfully, authored by my social work friend Kathy Flaminio.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/positiveparenting/index.html The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has positive parenting tips plus other excellent information and links about mental health issues.
http://www.pbisworld.com/ is a web page with LOTS of good links for different social work areas. Lots of different ideas for behavior interventions!
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/positiveparenting/index.html The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has positive parenting tips for ages infant - 17 years old. Great information plus links for additional information
Tina Feigal website with parenting tips & articles http://parentingmojo.com/
Chip Wood’s website on ages & stages: http://yardsticks4-14.com/
Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) web site: www.casel.org
Committee for Children: Social & Emotional Learning: http://www.cfchildren.org/
Character Counts! STMA’s character ed program: http://charactercounts.org/
Books on parenting that you can borrow from me:
No: Why Every Child Needs to Hear It and Ways Parents Can Say It by David Walsh
A Red-Yellow-Green Approach to Parenting by Ada Alden
Teaching with Love and Logic by Jim Faye and David Funk
The Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy-Kurchinka
The Pocket Coach for Parents by Tina Feigal
Yardsticks by Chip Wood
Your Anxious Child: How Parents and Teachers Can Relieve Anxiety in Children by Lisa Fiore
Transforming the Difficult Child by Howard Glasser
Easy to Love but Hard to Raise: Real Parents, Challenging Kids, True Stories edited by Kay Marner & Adrienne Ehlert Bashista
Books for Adults and Kids:
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
Let’s Talk About… (feeling sad, feeling afraid, needing attention, saying no, etc) series by Joy Berry
Don’t Pop Your Cork on Mondays by Adolph Moser (also others in the series)
The Good Bye Book by Judith Viorst A great book to help kids adjust to parents going out & having a babysitter.
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